Heat Release Rate of Objects Burning in Cargo Compartments

Details

• Creators:
  Lyon, Richard E. ; Blake, David
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center. Airport and Aircraft Safety Research and Development Division.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cargo compartments
  • Fire
  • Smoke
  • Fire detection systems
  • Heat flow
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AR-TN05/9
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Technical Note
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  The heat release rate of objects burning in a relatively large, simply ventilated cargo compartment is reconstructed from the oxygen consumption history of the exiting gas stream, assuming perfect mixing of the combustion gases in the compartment. The model was calibrated using a premixed propane gas burner to generate a variety of well-defined heating histories. Qualitative agreement between actual and computed heat release rate histories is obtained when the duration of the burning is on the order of 1/2 of the mixing time of the compartment. This research supports efforts by the Federal Aviation Administration to develop new certification requirements for aircraft cargo compartment fire detectors.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89897/dot_89897_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 172.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Fire Safety ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3c3c71d33859090fcb1c59ce6910f440b10c6b8d3ce2d961ce3e100526ee3e9abd6d7bc6261c84bc87f7b33311661e4c7c101e472360024f04f5b5acd03d7b95